Gateway ALR 9200 User Manual

Power-on Self Test

Each time you turn on the system, the power-on self test (POST) runs. 
POST checks the system board, processors, memory, keyboard, and most 
installed peripheral devices. During the memory test, POST displays the 
amount of memory it is able to access and test. The length of time needed to 
test memory depends on the amount of memory installed. POST is stored 
in flash memory.

1.

Turn on the monitor and the system. After a few seconds, POST 
begins to run.

2.

After the memory test, these screen prompts and messages appear:

Keyboard Detected

Mouse Initialized

Press <F2> to enter Setup

3.

If you do not press 

F

2

 and there is no device with an OS loaded, the 

above message remains for a few seconds while the boot process 
continues, and the system beeps once. Then this message appears:

Operating System not found

If you do not press 

F

2

 and do have a device with an OS loaded, the 

boot process continues and this message appears:

Press <Ctrl><C> to enter SCSI Utility

4.

Press 

C

TRL

+

C

 if SCSI devices are installed. When the utility opens, 

follow the displayed instructions to configure the onboard SCSI host 
adapter settings and to run the SCSI utilities. Also see “Using the 
Symbios SCSI Utility” on page 152. If you do not enter the SCSI 
utility, the boot process continues.

5.

Press 

E

SC

 during POST to access a boot menu when POST finishes. 

From this menu, you can choose the boot device or enter BIOS Setup.

To Use POST

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